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Shohei Ohtani takes 57th bottom, most by Japanese-born player

.Sep 27, 2024, 09:50 PM ETDENVER-- Los Angeles Dodgers assigned hitter Shohei Ohtani attacked his 54th homer of the period Friday evening versus Colorado after previously stealing base No. 57 to pass Ichiro Suzuki for the most in a singular period by a Japanese-born player.Ohtani ended up 4-for-5, featuring a pair of singles as well as a dual, as well as drove in four operates in the Dodgers' 11-4 gain. He now has 24 hits over his previous 34 at-bats." Shohei, he put on a show," Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts said.Ohtani is actually making a serious cost at a Three-way Crown, leading the National Organization in homers (54) and RBIs (130 ). He raised his standard to.309 to route merely the Padres' Luis Arru00e1ez (.314 after going 3-for-5 against the Diamondbacks on Friday night) in the batting-title race.Editor's Picks2 RelatedHe launched a towering three-run blast in to the second deck at Coors Field in the sixth inning on a changeup from Rockies killer Anthony Molina. It was actually a no-doubter at the crack of the baseball bat, with the sellout crowd instantly emerging, a very early series prior to the rockets feature that waited for after the activity." [Ohtani] hits the sphere really hard because he turns difficult and also he's a strong male," Mountain ranges supervisor Weed African-american mentioned. "He is actually a really amazing ability." His 408 total manners this season are second very most in franchise business history. Babe Herman prepared the report of 416 in 1930. The Dodgers are now 38-12 this season when Ohtani goes yard." He is actually secured," ally Chris Taylor pointed out. "He's absolutely in an area right now. He is actually experiencing it. Our team're all just enjoying him remain to have a good year and he is actually finishing it tough." In the 2nd inning, Ohtani-- wearing spikes including a picture of his canine, Decoy-- stole 2nd to darken Suzuki's score set in 2001 with Seattle. Suzuki played for the Mariners, the The Big Apple Yankees, Miami and then briefly went back to Seattle over a job that spanned parts of 19 seasons.Ohtani has successfully stolen 34 straight bases without being caught. It's the second-longest streak in franchise past, trailing simply Davey Lopes' 38 in 1975. Ohtani is actually 57-of-61 on stolen-base efforts the season.The Associated Press brought about this record.